Recovering lost territories: “Programme of actions for the identification of new areas of settlement of bearded vultures in the mountains of the centre and north of the peninsula”
MITECO
- Flight of the first bearded vulture chick in the Picos de Europa National Park after almost a century since its extinction.
- Natural recolonization of a breeding pair in the Moncayo massif.
- 6,485 beneficiaries in the communication campaign in two National Parks linked to the project.
- 638 bearded vulture observations collected outside the usual range.
- Updating and mapping of three critical areas in the Aragonese Pyrenean population.
- More than 23 meetings with the Autonomous Communities and MITECO involved in the management of the bearded vulture.
Line of action:
Terrestrial ecosystemsStatus:
FinalizadoExecution date:
2020- To consolidate the trend of recovery of the bearded vulture in the Iberian Peninsula.
- To improve the population’s knowledge of the bearded vulture.
- Identify new areas of bearded vulture settlement in the mountains of the center and north of the peninsula.
- To inform and involve managers and regional administrations in the management of bearded vultures.
- To raise awareness among broad social groups in the conservation of biodiversity through bearded vultures.
- Communication campaign linked to the recovery of the bearded vulture.
- Compilation of historical information prior to the disappearance of the bearded vulture in the newly recolonized mountain systems.
- Compilation of detailed information on observations and settlements in the last decade.
- Inventory and monitoring work in potential areas of occupation by the species.
- Cartographic update of the so-called critical areas, in new occupied territories in the Pyrenees.
- Information process with managers and field staff from the regional and state administrations to report on the evolution, new data and recommendations for the management of the species in this initial phase.
- Natural recolonization of a breeding pair in the Moncayo massif.
- Confirmation of the territorial and dispersive trends of the specimens reintroduced in different projects.
- Creation of a climate of trust between naturalists and managers of the real possibilities of recovery of the bearded vulture at the peninsular level.
- Brochure “Recovering Lost Territories”.
- Report on activities in the Principality of Asturias.
- Report: “Compilation of historical information prior to the disappearance of the bearded vulture in the mountain systems of new recolonization (until 2009)”.
- Report: “Compilation of detailed information on the observations and settlements of the bearded vulture in the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula in the last decade (2010-2019)”.
- Report: “Inventory and monitoring of potential areas of occupation by the bearded vulture”.
- Report: “Recovering Lost Territories, Cartographic Update of the so-called critical areas, in new occupied territories in the Pyrenees”.
- Inclusion of the project on the entity’s website .
Recovering lost territories: “Programme of actions for the identification of new areas of settlement of bearded vultures in the mountains of the centre and north of the peninsula”
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